Friday, November 22, 2019

If Elephants Disappeared by Lily Williams - ADVISABLE


If Elephants Disappeared by Lily Williams.  PICTURE BOOK/NON-FICTION Roaring Brook Press, 2019.  $19.  9781250143204  

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3), EL – ADVISABLE  

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE  

Two kids give a tour through the African Congo Basin Forest.  They explain the impact that elephants have on not only the ecosystem of the Congo Forest, but how that forest ties into the well being of our planet in general.  The simplified explanation of how seeds germinate in elephant excrement is also accompanied with statistics on how the elephant populations around the world are diminishing.  

Lily Williams does a good job giving a simplified account of the importance of elephants to our planet.  Each page is interesting and ties the different stages of the system together with lots of green foliage in the illustrations.  The back of the book has ways all readers can contribute to preserving these beautiful and amazing animals.  

Reviewer, C. Peterson. 

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